Minutes of the sitting of 9 May 2011
Date: 2011-08-02
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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Monday 9 May 2011MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 9 MAY 2011
2011/C 227 E/01
Contents






1.

Resumption of the session









2.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting









3.

Statements by the President









4.

Requests to defend parliamentary immunity









5.

Composition of Parliament









6.

Documents received









7.

Verification of credentials









8.

Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure









9.

Composition of committees and delegations









10.

Oral questions and written declarations (submission)









11.

Lapsed written declarations









12.

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council









13.

Transfers of appropriations









14.

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions









15.

Petitions









16.

Order of business









17.

European fisheries sector crisis due to rise in oil prices (debate)









18.

Radio spectrum policy ***I (debate)









19.

Emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan ***I (debate)









20.

Free trade agreement with India (debate)









21.

EU-Japan trade relations (debate)









22.

Transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements with third countries ***I (debate)









23.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance









24.

Preparing forests for climate change (short presentation)









25.

Agenda of the next sitting









26.

Closure of the sitting



ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 9 MAY 2011

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President


1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Statements by the President

The President made the following statements.
He spoke of Europe Day and the 61st anniversary of the declaration by Robert Schuman.
He said that the United Nations had conferred a new status on the European Union, which would give it an enhanced role within that organisation.
He added that 17 May would be the seventh International Day against Homophobia.
He condemned the recent assassinations and executions in Gaza.

4.   Requests to defend parliamentary immunity

Luigi de Magistris presented two requests to defend his immunity and privileges, in relation to pending court proceedings before the courts of Cosenza and Milan.
Viktor Uspaskich presented a request to defend his immunity and privileges, in relation to pending court proceedings before the court of Vilnius.
Corneliu Vadim Tudor presented a request to defend his immunity and privileges.
In accordance with Rule 6(3), these requests were referred to the committee responsible, the Committee on Legal Affairs.
The following spoke: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris on Luigi de Magistris's request.

5.   Composition of Parliament

The relevant Slovenian authorities had informed the European Parliament of the election of Mojca Kleva to replace Zoran Thaler, with effect from 13 April 2011.
The relevant Irish authorities had informed the European Parliament of the election of Phil Prendergast to replace Alan Kelly, with effect from 21 April 2011.
The relevant Finnish authorities had announced:






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the election of Timo Soini to the Finnish Parliament and the end of his mandate in the European Parliament with effect from 26 April 2011;










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the election to the European Parliament of Sampo Terho to replace Timo Soini, with effect from 26 April 2011.




Parliament took note of these announcements in accordance with Rule 4(1) and (4).
Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Mojca Kleva, Phil Prendergast and Sampo Terho would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

6.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:






1)


from committees






1.1)


reports






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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Short Selling and certain aspects of Credit Default Swaps (COM(2010)0482 - C7-0264/2010 - 2010/0251(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Pascal Canfin (A7-0055/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year for Active Ageing (2012) (COM(2010)0462 - C7-0253/2010 - 2010/0242(COD)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Martin Kastler (A7-0061/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the professional cross-border transportation of euro cash by road between euro-area Member States (COM(2010)0377 - C7-0186/2010 - 2010/0204(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sophie Auconie (A7-0076/2011)










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Recommendation on the draft Council regulation concerning the extension of the scope of Regulation (EU) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the professional cross-border transport of euro cash by road between euro area Member States (17787/2010 - C7-0025/2011 - 2010/0206(APP)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sophie Auconie (A7-0077/2011)










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Recommendation on the draft Council decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Prespa Park Area (16581/2010 - C7-0007/2011 - 2010/0300(NLE)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Kriton Arsenis (A7-0078/2011)










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Report on international air agreements under the Treaty of Lisbon (2010/2207(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Brian Simpson (A7-0079/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 97/68/EC as regards the provisions for engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme (COM(2010)0362 - C7-0171/2010 - 2010/0195(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Sirpa Pietikäinen (A7-0080/2011)










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Report on credit rating agencies: future perspectives (2010/2302(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Wolf Klinz (A7-0081/2011)










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Report on European cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy (2010/2234(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Nadja Hirsch (A7-0082/2011)










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Report on transport applications of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) - short- and medium-term EU policy (2010/2208(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Silvia-Adriana Țicău (A7-0084/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section II - Council (SEC(2010)0963[[03]] - C7-0213/2010 - 2010/2144(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0088/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section I – European Parliament (SEC(2010)0963[[02]] - C7-0212/2010 - 2010/2143(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ville Itälä (A7-0094/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 98/78/EC, 2002/87/EC and 2006/48/EC as regards the supplementary supervision of financial entities in a financial conglomerate (COM(2010)0433 - C7-0203/2010 - 2010/0232(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Theodor Dumitru Stolojan (A7-0097/2011)










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Report on Early Years Learning in the European Union (2010/2159(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Mary Honeyball (A7-0099/2011)










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*Report on the amended proposal for a Council directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (codified text) (COM(2010)0641 - C7-0403/2010 - 2007/0206(CNS)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0100/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European GNSS Supervisory Authority for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[28]] - C7-0243/2010 - 2010/2183(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0103/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[15]] - C7-0231/2010 - 2010/2171(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0104/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Network and Information Security Agency for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[24]] - C7-0252/2010 - 2010/2192(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0105/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[10]] - C7-0226/2010 - 2010/2166(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0106/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[23]] - C7-0239/2010 - 2010/2179(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0107/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[11]] - C7-0227/2010 - 2010/2167(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0108/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[19]] - C7-0235/2010 - 2010/2175(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0109/2011)










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Report on the cultural dimensions of the EU's external actions (2010/2161(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Marietje Schaake (A7-0112/2011)










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Report on the Commission Green Paper on forest protection and information in the EU: preparing forests for climate change (2010/2106(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Kriton Arsenis (A7-0113/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section VIII - European Ombudsman (SEC(2010)0963[[08]] - C7-0218/2010 - 2010/2149(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0116/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section IX - European Data Protection Supervisor (SEC(2010)0963[[09]] - C7-0219/2010 - 2010/2150(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0117/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Community Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[29]] - C7-0244/2010 - 2010/2184(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0118/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[16]] - C7-0232/2010 - 2010/2172(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0119/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[13]] - C7-0229/2010 - 2010/2169(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0120/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[14]] - C7-0230/2010 - 2010/2170(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0122/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[21]] - C7-0237/2010 - 2010/2177(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0123/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[33]] - C7-0248/2010 - 2010/2188(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0124/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Railway Agency for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[25]] - C7-0240/2010 - 2010/2180(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0125/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[35]] - C7-0250/2010 - 2010/2190(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0126/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[30]] - C7-0245/2010 - 2010/2185(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0127/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[34]] - C7-0249/2010 - 2010/2189(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0128/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[36]] - C7-0251/2010 - 2010/2191(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0129/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[12]] - C7-0228/2010 - 2010/2168(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0130/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[32]] - C7-0247/2010 - 2010/2187(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0131/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[20]] - C7-0236/2010 - 2010/2176(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0132/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of Eurojust for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[18]] - C7-0234/2010 - 2010/2174(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0133/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of he general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III - Commission and executive agencies (SEC(2010)0963[[01]] - C7-0211/2010 - 2010/2142(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (A7-0134/2011)










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Report on the Court of Auditors’ special reports in the context of the 2009 Commission discharge (2010/2204(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (A7-0135/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section VI - European Economic and Social Committee (SEC(2010)0963[[06]] - C7-0216/2010 - 2010/2147(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0136/2011)










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Report on in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section IV - Court of Justice (SEC(2010)0963[[04]] - C7-0214/2010 - 2010/2145(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0137/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section V - Court of Auditors (SEC(2010)0963[[05]] - C7-0215/2010 - 2010/2146(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0138/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section VII - Committee of the Regions (SEC(2010)0963[[07]] - C7-0217/2010 - 2010/2148(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0139/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth European Development Funds for the financial year 2009 (COM(2010)0402 - C7-0220/2010 - 2010/2151(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Bart Staes (A7-0140/2011)










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Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. (05571/2011 - C7-0068/2011 - 2010/0389(NLE)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Carmen Fraga Estévez (A7-0142/2011)










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Report on unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries (2010/2156(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid (A7-0143/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[31]] - C7-0246/2010 - 2010/2186(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0144/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[27]] - C7-0242/2010 - 2010/2182(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0145/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[22]] - C7-0238/2010 - 2010/2178(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0146/2011)










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Report with recommendations to the Commission on proposed interim measures for the freezing and disclosure of debtors’ assets in cross-border cases (2009/2169(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Arlene McCarthy (A7-0147/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries (COM(2010)0344 - C7-0172/2010 - 2010/0197(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Carl Schlyter (A7-0148/2011)










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Report on the 2009 discharge: performance, financial management and control of EU agencies (2010/2271(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0149/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[26]] - C7-0241/2010 - 2010/2181(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0150/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the first radio spectrum policy programme (COM(2010)0471 - C7-0270/2010 - 2010/0252(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Gunnar Hökmark (A7-0151/2011)










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Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Luigi de Magistris (2010/2122(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0152/2011)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2009 (SEC(2010)0963[[17]] - C7-0233/2010 - 2010/2173(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Stavrakakis (A7-0153/2011)










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Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Bruno Gollnisch (2010/2097(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0154/2011)










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Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Bruno Gollnisch (2010/2284(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0155/2011)










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Report on Innovation Union: Transforming Europe for a post-crisis world (2010/2245(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Judith A. Merkies (A7-0162/2011)










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Report on the development of the common security and defence policy following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (2010/2299(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Roberto Gualtieri (A7-0166/2011)










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Report on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in 2009, presented to the European Parliament in application of Part II, Section G, paragraph 43 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 (2010/2124(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Gabriele Albertini (A7-0168/2011)










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Report on Youth on the Move: – a framework for improving Europe's education and training systems (2010/2307(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Milan Zver (A7-0169/2011)










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Report on the amendment of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure following the establishment by the European Parliament and the Commission of a joint transparency register (2010/2292(REG)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Carlo Casini (A7-0173/2011)










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Report on conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on a common Transparency Register (2010/2291(ACI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Carlo Casini (A7-0174/2011)










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Report on the EU as a global actor: its role in multilateral organisations (2010/2298(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: María Muñiz De Urquiza (A7-0181/2011)














1.2)


recommendations for second reading






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***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC, Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (13807/4/2010 - C7-0017/2011 - 2009/0006(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Toine Manders (A7-0086/2011)


















2)


from Members






2.1)


oral questions for Question Time (Rule 116) (B7-0303/2011)






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to the Council
Higgins Jim, Papanikolaou Georgios, Harkin Marian, Balčytis Zigmantas, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Chountis Nikolaos, Posselt Bernd, Mitchell Gay, Aylward Liam, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Toussas Georgios, Angourakis Charalampos, McGuinness Mairead, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Crowley Brian.










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to the Commission
Papanikolaou Georgios, Kelly Seán, Crowley Brian, Danellis Spyros, Chountis Nikolaos, Harkin Marian, Posselt Bernd, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Ludford Sarah, Higgins Jim, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Ziobro Zbigniew, Aylward Liam, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Iotova Iliana Malinova, Mitchell Gay, Pargneaux Gilles, Włosowicz Jacek, Niculescu Rareș-Lucian, Belet Ivo, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, McGuinness Mairead.














2.2)


motions for resolution (Rule 120)






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Philip Claeys, Elisabeth Köstinger, Krisztina Morvai, Andreas Mölzer and Angelika Werthmann. Motion for a resolution on the extensive dangers posed by nuclear power stations built in earthquake-prone areas or tectonically unstable zones (B7-0280/2011)






referred to


responsible: ITRE
opinion: ENVI














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Andreas Mölzer. Motion for a resolution on packaging tricks designed to mislead consumers (B7-0282/2011)






referred to


responsible: IMCO
opinion: ITRE

















7.   Verification of credentials

On the proposal of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Parliament decided to confirm the validity of the mandate of Brice Hortefeux with effect from 24 March 2011.

8.   Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

The President announced that on Wednesday, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 74):






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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies (00070/2010/LEX - C7-0115/2011 - 2010/0160(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 (00010/2011/LEX - C7-0113/2011 - 2010/0140(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC to extend its scope to beneficiaries of international protection (00066/2010/LEX - C7-0111/2011 - 2007/0112(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and the Republic of Korea (00008/2011/LEX - C7-0110/2011 - 2010/0032(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles (00004/2011/LEX - C7-0109/2011 – 2009/0173(COD)).





9.   Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received requests from the PPE and S&D Groups for the following appointments:






 


AFET Committee: Evgeni Kirilov










 


IMCO Committee: Phil Prendergast










 


REGI Committee: Mojca Kleva to replace Evgeni Kirilov










 


Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: Mojca Kleva, Teresa Riera Madurell










 


Delegation for relations with Belarus: Gunnar Hökmark










 


Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees: Mojca Kleva










 


Delegation for relations with the United States: Phil Prendergast




The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.
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* *
Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García spoke of the assassination of a Cuban dissident by the police and asked the President to call for an independent investigation (the President took note of this).

10.   Oral questions and written declarations (submission)
The following documents had been submitted by Members:







1)




oral questions (Rule 115)







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(O-000053/2011) by Vital Moreira, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: EU-Canada trade relations (B7-0213/2011);










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(O-000059/2011) by Vital Moreira, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: The state of play of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations (B7-0214/2011);










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(O-000061/2011) by Doris Pack, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Commission: Sarajevo as a European Capital of Culture in 2014 (B7-0215/2011);










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(O-000063/2011) by Corien Wortmann-Kool, Jean-Paul Gauzès and José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: 2011 stress test of the EU banking sector (B7-0216/2011);










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(O-000065/2011) by Catherine Bearder and Lena Ek, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Miroslav Ouzký, on behalf of the ECR Group, Richard Seeber and Christa Klaß, on behalf of the PPE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Enforcement of regulations on the shipping of toxic waste to developing countries (B7-0217/2011);










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(O-000066/2011) by Sabine Wils, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Bairbre de Brún, João Ferreira, Marisa Matias and Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Enforcement of regulations on the shipping of toxic waste to developing countries (B7-0218/2011);










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(O-000074/2011) by Sharon Bowles, Sylvie Goulard, Dirk Sterckx, Carl Haglund and Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Stress tests of the EU banking sector (B7-0219/2011);










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(O-000088/2011/rév.1) by Daniel Caspary and Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, on behalf of the PPE Group, Syed Kamall, Robert Sturdy and Jan Zahradil, on behalf of the ECR Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, Metin Kazak and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Emilio Menéndez del Valle, David Martin and Vital Moreira, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: EU-Japan trade relations (B7-0220/2011);










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(O-000089/2011) by Bendt Bendtsen, on behalf of the PPE Group, Edit Herczog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Giles Chichester, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Niki Tzavela, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Council: Small Business Act (SBA) review (B7-0301/2011);










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(O-000090/2011) by Bendt Bendtsen, on behalf of the PPE Group, Edit Herczog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Giles Chichester, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Niki Tzavela, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Commission: Small Business Act (SBA) review (B7-0302/2011);










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(O-000048/2011) by Paolo De Castro, on behalf of the AGRI Committee, to the Commission: Antibiotic resistance (B7-0304/2011);










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(O-000092/2011) by Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: ILO Convention supplemented by a recommendation on domestic workers (B7-0305/2011);










—


O-000096/2011) by João Ferreira and Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Crisis in the fisheries sector arising from higher fuel prices (B7-0306/2011);










—


O-000101/2011) by Alain Cadec, Antonello Antinoro, Jim Higgins, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Werner Kuhn, Ioannis A. Tsoukalas, Crescenzio Rivellini, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Vito Bonsignore and Salvador Garriga Polledo, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: European fisheries sector crisis due to rise in oil prices (B7-0307/2011);










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(O-000102/2011) by Philippe de Villiers and Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Commission: Crisis in the European fisheries sector owing to higher oil prices (B7-0308/2011);










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(O-000105/2011) by Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Stress tests of the EU banking sector in 2011 (B7-0309/2011);










—


(O-000106/2011) by Britta Reimers, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: European fisheries sector crisis due to rise in oil prices (B7-0310/2011);










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(O-000107/2011) by Josefa Andrés Barea, Kriton Arsenis, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Estelle Grelier, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Guido Milana, Ulrike Rodust, Antolín Sánchez Presedo and Catherine Trautmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Rising oil prices and support for fishers (B7-0311/2011);










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(O-000109/2011) by Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Nuclear safety 25 years after the Chernobyl disaster (B7-0312/2011);










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(O-000113/2011) by Isabella Lövin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Crisis in the fisheries sector due to rise in oil prices (B7-0313/2011).















2)




written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123)







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Martin Ehrenhauser, on international agreements concerning corruption and party funding (0018/2011);










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Andreas Mölzer, on protecting children and young people against runaway costs and excessive mobile telephone bills (0019/2011);










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Peter Skinner, on the welfare of Europe’s bees (0020/2011);










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Jelko Kacin, Edward McMillan-Scott, Anna Rosbach, György Schöpflin and Jutta Steinruck, on civilian invalids of war (0021/2011);










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Gay Mitchell, Nirj Deva, Marian Harkin, Peter Skinner and Angelika Werthmann, on epilepsy (0022/2011);










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Niki Tzavela, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Edit Herczog, Georgios Koumoutsakos and Fiorello Provera, on the heroic efforts of the workers and firemen at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant (0023/2011);










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Leonidas Donskis, Zigmantas Balčytis, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė and Justas Vincas Paleckis, on the safety of nuclear power plants in the European Union’s neighbourhood (0024/2011);










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Georgios Koumoutsakos, Hélène Flautre, Marian Harkin and Vittorio Prodi, on the establishment of a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (0025/2011).









11.   Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0001/2011, 0002/2011 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

12.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:






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Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on certain aspects of air services;










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Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area;










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Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, amending the Agreement in order to extend the provisions of the agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles Agreement.





13.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 07/2011 (N7-0040/2011 - C7-0083/2011 - 2011/2062(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

14.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the November I 2010 and December 2010 part-sessions were available on the Séance en direct site.

15.   Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible under Rule 201(6):






 


29 April 2011
Maria Zadka (No 0347/2011); Stephan Hauk (No 0348/2011); Christian Bartels (No 0349/2011); Peter Oedinger (Eine Welt-Initiative Korschenbroich) (15 signatures) (No 0350/2011); Andrzej Dąbrowski (Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej) (7 signatures) (No 0351/2011); Matthias Heck (No 0352/2011); Barbara Mazurkiewicz-Zaleska (European Parliament) (74 signatures) (No 0353/2011); Antoni Tomasz Uznanski (c/o Pełnomocnik, Pan Tomasz Gajewski) (No 0354/2011); (name confidential) (No 0355/2011); Micke Knut (No 0356/2011); (name confidential) (No 0357/2011); Tomasz Snarski (No 0358/2011); Krystyna Szewczyk (Mieszkańcy wsi Żydomice) (No 0359/2011); Andreas Piechotta (No 0360/2011); (name confidential) (No 0361/2011); Reinhard Rink (No 0362/2011); Barbara Anna Blaszak (No 0363/2011); (name confidential) (No 0364/2011); (name confidential) (No 0365/2011); Simon Brogan (No 0366/2011); Reinhard Wolff (No 0367/2011); Donata Kinzelbach (No 0368/2011); Norbert Burian (No 0369/2011); Heinrich J. Wischerath (No 0370/2011).










 


2 May 2011
Radoslav Petrov (9 signatures) (No 0371/2011); Susanne Maier (No 0372/2011); Boyan Yosifov (No 0373/2011); (name confidential) (No 0374/2011); Reinhard Pendzialek (No 0375/2011); Mihai Wacykiewcz (S.C. Ecobioteh S.R.L.) (No 0376/2011); (name confidential) (No 0377/2011); Angela Richardson (No 0378/2011); Adam Roberts (No 0379/2011); (name confidential) (No 0380/2011); aldwyn Llewelyn (No 0381/2011); (name confidential) (No 0382/2011); Jonathan Bishop (No 0383/2011); Thomas Baxter (No 0384/2011); Noeleen McManus (No 0385/2011); (name confidential) (No 0386/2011); (name confidential) (No 0387/2011); S. F. Giuffrida (TGTEuropeORG) (No 0388/2011); (name confidential) (No 0389/2011); Lorenzo Baruffaldi (Gruppo Spontaneo Dell’Alto Ferrarese) (No 0390/2011); Flora Annunziata (No 0391/2011); Antioco Ignazio Sandro Figus (Soc. Coop. Porto Pino) (No 0392/2011); Gabriela Ciochina (No 0393/2011); (name confidential) (No 0394/2011); (name confidential) (No 0395/2011); Tommaso Acchiardi (Gau ed Octopus Nazionale) (No 0396/2011); Massimo Chindamo (No 0397/2011); (name confidential) (No 0398/2011); (name confidential) (No 0399/2011); (name confidential) (No 0400/2011); (name confidential) (No 0401/2011); Viktoria Kotelnikova (No 0402/2011); Simixis Michel (No 0403/2011); Sandro Gomes (No 0404/2011); Edward Bradburn (No 0405/2011); Marc Fiammante (No 0406/2011); Laurent Hincker (No 0407/2011); Cristiana Muscardini (1 030 signatures) (No 0408/2011); Rosen Baltov (No 0409/2011); Ion Sava (No 0410/2011); (name confidential) (No 0411/2011).










 


4 May 2011
Erick Labrousse (groupement pour le respect des fuseaux horaires en Europe) (No 0412/2011); (name confidential) (No 0413/2011); (name confidential) (No 0414/2011); Edda Carafolli (No 0415/2011); Roberto Marcoccio (No 0416/2011); Angelo Galli (No 0417/2011); Giovanni Guglielmotti (No 0418/2011); Alberto Citro (No 0419/2011); Mauro Bettinelli (No 0420/2011); (name confidential) (No 0421/2011); (name confidential) (No 0422/2011); Vincenzo Solla (No 0423/2011); Emilia Accardo (No 0424/2011); Alessandro Rasman (No 0425/2011); Ion-Silviu Chivu (No 0426/2011); (name confidential) (No 0427/2011); (name confidential) (No 0428/2011); (name confidential) (No 0429/2011); Vítor Caldeira (Cour des comptes européenne) (No 0430/2011); Tatjana Zgunova (No 0431/2011); José Antonio Guerrero Domínguez (Plataforma Vecinal Pro Soterramiento Autovía CA-33) (No 0432/2011); Marco Fiorentino (No 0433/2011); Vasile Ovidiu Plosnitá (No 0434/2011); Jean Pierre Billet (Association Mieux Vivre à Saint-Gilles Les Hauts) (3 signatures) (No 0435/2011); Elisa Graciela Stauffer Parrón (No 0436/2011); Cinzia Pasi (No 0437/2011); Mariana Conțu (No 0438/2011); Niculae Aldea (Asociatia Nationala A Aviatorilor Pensionari - ANAP) (59 signatures) (No 0439/2011); (name confidential) (No 0440/2011); Damiano Cupelloni (No 0441/2011); (name confidential) (No 0442/2011); Lorenzo Alonso Roberto (No 0443/2011); Enrique García Segovia (No 0444/2011); Manuel González Pérez (3 000 signatures) (No 0445/2011); Mathieu Gellens (SOS Enfants du Divorce 59-62) (No 0446/2011); Konstantin Zagarov (No 0447/2011); Marie-Joëlle Chaillol (No 0448/2011); Lukas Ruzarovsky (No 0449/2011); Nikolay Canev (No 0450/2011); Noel Dolan (No 0451/2011); Michael Bruton (No 0452/2011); Athanassios-Miltiadis Kokkinos (No 0453/2011); Baldassare Guzzardo (No 0454/2011); (name confidential) (No 0455/2011); Antonio García Jiménez (No 0456/2011); Miguel López Sierra (No 0457/2011); Gh Catalin Poede (No 0458/2011); (name confidential) (No 0459/2011); (name confidential) (No 0460/2011); Martin Stauns Hansen (No 0461/2011); Yann Letouzey (No 0462/2011); Ferenc Kis (No 0463/2011); Alain Brouillard (No 0464/2011); Olivier Pacaud (No 0465/2011); Barry Gay (No 0466/2011); Michael Jones (No 0467/2011); Henk de Man (No 0468/2011); Guy Couture (No 0469/2011); (name confidential) (No 0470/2011); Kristiina Allekõrs (No 0471/2011); Juan Guillermo Palanca Rodríguez-Spiteri (No 0472/2011); Abraam Drakopoulos (No 0473/2011); Κostas Papadopoulos (No 0474/2011); Christos Dragatogiannis (No 0475/2011); Lambrini Angelidi (No 0476/2011).





16.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the May and 2011 sittings (PE 463.998/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):






 



Monday

With the approval of the political groups, the President proposed that the order of the first two debates should be as follows:






1.


Oral questions on the European fisheries sector crisis due to rise in oil prices (item 236 on the draft agenda)










2.


Gunnar Hökmark report (A7-0151/2011): Radio spectrum policy (item 230 on the agenda).














 



Tuesday

No changes.










 



Wednesday

Request by the EFD Group to amend the title of the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Syria and in Camp Ashraf (item 258 on the agenda) as follows:

‘Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Syria and in Camp Ashraf and on the situation of the Coptic Christian community in Egypt’.

The following spoke: Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, giving reasons for the request, Mario Mauro in support of the request, and Daniel Cohn-Bendit opposing the request.
Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (114 in favour, 103 against, 5 abstentions).
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* *
The following spoke: Bruno Gollnisch to request a debate on the Bernhard Rapkay report (A7-0155/2011): Report: Rapkay - Waiver of Mr Bruno Gollnisch’s parliamentary immunity (item 241 on the agenda). The President recalled the provisions of Rule 7(8) of the Rules of Procedure.
The following spoke: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, asking for the President of the Commission, José Manuel Barroso, to be present during Tuesday's debate on migration flows and asylum and their impact on Schengen (item 259 on the agenda).










 



Thursday

No changes.




IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA

Vice-President

The order of business was thus established.

17.   European fisheries sector crisis due to rise in oil prices (debate)
Oral question (O-000096/2011) by João Ferreira and Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Crisis in the fisheries sector arising from higher fuel prices (B7-0306/2011);
Oral question (O-000101/2011) by Alain Cadec, Antonello Antinoro, Jim Higgins, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Werner Kuhn, Ioannis A. Tsoukalas, Crescenzio Rivellini, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Vito Bonsignore and Salvador Garriga Polledo, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: European fisheries sector crisis due to rise in oil prices (B7-0307/2011);
Oral question (O-000102/2011) by Philippe de Villiers and Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Commission: Crisis in the European fisheries sector owing to higher oil prices (B7-0308/2011);
Oral question (O-000106/2011) by Britta Reimers, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: European fisheries sector crisis due to rise in oil prices (B7-0310/2011);
Oral question (O-000107/2011) by Josefa Andrés Barea, Kriton Arsenis, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Estelle Grelier, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Guido Milana, Ulrike Rodust, Antolín Sánchez Presedo and Catherine Trautmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Rising oil prices and support for fishers (B7-0311/2011);
Oral question (O-000113/2011) by Isabella Lövin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Crisis in the fisheries sector due to rise in oil prices (B7-0313/2011).
Alain Cadec and Bastiaan Belder moved oral questions B7-0307/2011 and B7-0308/2011.
The following spoke: Jörg Leichtfried to put a blue-card question to Alain Cadec, who replied.
Britta Reimers, Ulrike Rodust, Isabella Lövin moved oral questions B7-0310/2011, B7-0311/2011 and B7-0313/2011.
Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.
The following spoke: Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PPE Group, Catherine Trautmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jean-Paul Besset, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Josefa Andrés Barea, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Kriton Arsenis, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Estelle Grelier and João Ferreira.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Gabriel Mato Adrover, Luís Paulo Alves, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Jacky Hénin and Andrew Henry William Brons.
The following spoke: Maria Damanaki.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 115(5) would be announced in the House at a later time.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.5.2011, item 13.5.

18.   Radio spectrum policy ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the first radio spectrum policy programme [COM(2010)0471 - C7-0270/2010- 2010/0252(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Gunnar Hökmark (A7-0151/2011)
Gunnar Hökmark introduced the report.
The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).
IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

Vice-President

The following spoke: Petra Kammerevert (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Pilar del Castillo Vera, on behalf of the PPE Group, Catherine Trautmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jens Rohde, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Giles Chichester, on behalf of the ECR Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sabine Verheyen, Teresa Riera Madurell, Jean-Pierre Audy, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Patrizia Toia, Lambert van Nistelrooij and Paul Rübig.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Andreas Mölzer.
The following spoke: Neelie Kroes and Gunnar Hökmark.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 11.5.2011, item 5.13.

19.   Emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan [COM(2010)0552 - C7-0322/2010 - 2010/0289(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0069/2011)
Vital Moreira introduced the report.
The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).
IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Cristian Dan Preda (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ECR Group, Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Claudio Morganti, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Paulo Rangel, Josefa Andrés Barea, João Ferreira, Mara Bizzotto, Georgios Papastamkos, Bernd Lange, Paweł Zalewski and David Martin.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Anna Záborská, George Sabin Cutaș, Charles Tannock, Franz Obermayr and Jean Lambert.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) and Vital Moreira.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 10.5.2011, item 11.12.

20.   Free trade agreement with India (debate)
Oral question (O-000059/2011) by Vital Moreira, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: The state of play of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations (B7-0214/2011)
Vital Moreira moved the oral question.
Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, Harlem Désir, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the ECR Group, Franziska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Csanád Szegedi, Non-attached Member, Paweł Zalewski, George Sabin Cutaș, Bill Newton Dunn, Peter van Dalen and Georgios Papastamkos.
IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Bernd Lange, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Sajjad Karim, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Jörg Leichtfried and Tokia Saïfi.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Syed Kamall and João Ferreira.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht and Franz Obermayr, the latter on the conduct of the debate.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):






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Christofer Fjellner and Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, Niccolò Rinaldi and Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Robert Sturdy, Syed Kamall and Jan Zahradil, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the state of play in the EU-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations (B7-0291/2011);










—


Kader Arif, Véronique De Keyser, Michael Cashman and Harlem Désir, on behalf of the S&D Group, on an EU-India Free Trade Agreement (B7-0292/2011);










—


Franziska Keller, Yannick Jadot, Karima Delli, Judith Sargentini and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on an EU-India Free Trade Agreement (B7-0293/2011);










—


Helmut Scholz and Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on an EU-India Free Trade Agreement (B7-0294/2011).




The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 11.5.2011, item 5.17.

21.   EU-Japan trade relations (debate)
Oral question (O-000088/2011/rév.1) by Daniel Caspary and Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, on behalf of the PPE Group, Syed Kamall, Robert Sturdy and Jan Zahradil, on behalf of the ECR Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, Metin Kazak and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Emilio Menéndez del Valle, David Martin and Vital Moreira, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: EU-Japan trade relations (B7-0220/2011)
Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Syed Kamall, Metin Kazak and David Martin moved the oral question.
Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Jörg Leichtfried and Reinhard Bütikofer.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: George Sabin Cutaș and Jaroslav Paška.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):






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Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Daniel Caspary and Sandra Kalniete, on behalf of the PPE Group, on EU-Japan Trade relations (B7-0287/2011);










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Vital Moreira, Gianluca Susta, David Martin and Emilio Menéndez del Valle, on behalf of the S&D Group, on EU-Japan trade relations (B7-0288/2011);










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Keith Taylor, Yannick Jadot, Reinhard Bütikofer and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on EU-Japan trade relations (B7-0289/2011);










—


Helmut Scholz and Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on EU-Japan trade relations (B7-0290/2011).




The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 11.5.2011, item 5.18.

22.   Transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements with third countries ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries [COM(2010)0344 - C7-0172/2010 - 2010/0197(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Carl Schlyter (A7-0148/2011)
Carl Schlyter introduced the report.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Paweł Zalewski, on behalf of the PPE Group, Monika Flašíková Beňová, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, Daniel Caspary, George Sabin Cutaș, Bastiaan Belder, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, John Bufton and Georgios Papastamkos.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu and Jaroslav Paška.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht and Carl Schlyter.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 10.5.2011, item 11.13.

23.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

In accordance with Rule 150, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:
Czesław Adam Siekierski, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Marina Yannakoudakis, Michail Tremopoulos, Georgios Toussas, Gerard Batten, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Iuliu Winkler, Ioan Enciu, Ivo Vajgl, Ryszard Czarnecki, Tatjana Ždanoka, Rui Tavares, Anna Záborská, Spyros Danellis, Sergej Kozlík, François Alfonsi, Catherine Stihler, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Monika Smolková, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Estelle Grelier, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Kinga Göncz and Teresa Riera Madurell.

24.   Preparing forests for climate change (short presentation)
Report on the Commission Green Paper on forest protection and information in the EU: preparing forests for climate change [2010/2106(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Kriton Arsenis (A7-0113/2011)
Kriton Arsenis made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu, João Ferreira, Jaroslav Paška and Seán Kelly.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 11.5.2011, item 5.19.

25.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 463.998/OJMA).

26.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.35.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Jerzy Buzek

President





Monday 9 May 2011ATTENDANCE REGISTER
The following signed:
Abad, Áder, Agnew, Albrecht, Alfonsi, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Angelilli, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balčytis, Balz, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Berès, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Besset, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bloom, Bodu, Böge, Bokros, Borsellino, Borys, Boștinaru, Boulland, Bowles, Bradbourn, Brantner, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Bușoi, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Češková, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Cofferati, Collino, Colman, Corazza Bildt, Correia De Campos, Cramer, Creutzmann, Cutaș, Cymański, Czarnecki, Frédéric Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Daul, Davies, de Brún, De Castro, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Désir, Deß, Deutsch, De Veyrac, Dodds, Donskis, Dorfmann, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ernst, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Evans, Fajon, Falbr, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glante, Glattfelder, Godmanis, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Grèze, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hautala, Hedh, Helmer, Hénin, Herranz García, Hibner, Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hoarau, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, Iotova, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, de Jong, Jordan Cizelj, Jørgensen, Kacin, Kadenbach, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamall, Kamiński, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kastler, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Keller, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Kleva, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Béla Kovács, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Brun, Lechner, Le Foll, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lepage, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McClarkin, Macovei, Madlener, Manders, Mănescu, Mann, Marcinkiewicz, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matera, Mathieu, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mazzoni, Meissner, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Meyer, Migalski, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Nattrass, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Nuttall, Obermayr, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pașcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Paulsen, Alojz Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pirker, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Portas, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prendergast, Vittorio Prodi, Provera, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salatto, Salavrakos, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scicluna, Scottà, Scurria, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Speroni, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Emil Stoyanov, Striffler, Sturdy, Surján, Susta, Eva-Britt Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Taylor, Teixeira, Terho, Thein, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Țicău, Tirolien, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Tremopoulos, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, de Villiers, Vlasto, Voss, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Wallis, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weiler, Werthmann, Westlund, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zanicchi, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zver, Zwiefka